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Jan31

MARVEL to Unleash Wave of DOCTOR DOOM Homage Variant Covers for March

Posted by Dan Greenfield on Jan 31, 2026

MARVEL to Unleash Wave of DOCTOR DOOM Homage Variant Covers for March

Twenty-one, to be precise! Y’know, you’d think it were 1981 given Marvel’s obsession with Doctor Doom. It feels like the guy is in virtually every comic from the House of Ideas right now, and it reminds me of John Byrne and Terry Austin’s 1981 classic cover for Fantastic Four #238 (designed by Jim Salicrup): In fact, I’m startled that Marvel’s not riffing on that cover in March when it’s releasing no less than 21 variants that homage some of the Latverian overlord’s greatest hits. Robert Downey Jr. appreciates it, I’m sure. Dig these, along with their sale dates: — On Sale 3/4 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #23 DOOM HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY MIKE MCKONE – 75960621001502341 — AVENGERS #36 DOOM HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY CORY SMITH – 75960620426703621 — WOLVERINE #17 DOOM HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY SANFORD GREENE – 75960620841801721 — On Sale 3/11 BLACK CAT #8 DOOM HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY MARGUERITE SAUVAGE – 75960621252100831 — MAGIK & COLOSSUS #2 DOOM HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY YASMINE PUTRI – 75960621452500231 — MORTAL THOR #8 DOOM HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY DAVE WACHTER – 75960621284200821 — STORM: EARTH’S MIGHTIEST MUTANT #2 DOOM HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY TAURIN CLARKE – 75960621445700221 — VENOM #255 DOOM HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY ANDREI BRESSAN – 75960621330625521 — On Sale 3/18 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #24 DOOM HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY ROD REIS – 75960621001502431 — CAPTAIN AMERICA #8 DOOM HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY KEN LASHLEY – 75960621146300841 — CYCLOPS #2 DOOM HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY DAVE JOHNSON – 75960621385600221 — FANTASTIC FOUR #9 DOOM HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY MIKE ALLRED – 75960621122700931 — INFERNAL HULK #5 DOOM HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY SKAN – 75960621361000521 — MARC SPECTOR: MOON KNIGHT #2 DOOM HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY DECLAN SHALVEY – 75960621496900221 — SORCERER SUPREME #4 DOOM HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY PAULO SIQUEIRA – 75960621179100431 — WADE WILSON: DEADPOOL #2 DOOM HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY IAN CHURCHILL – 75960621448800231 — X-MEN #27 DOOM HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY TODD NAUCK – 75960620920002731 — On Sale 3/25 INGLORIOUS X-FORCE #3 DOOM HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY GERARDO SANDOVAL – 75960621362700321 — KNULL #3 DOOM HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY DAVIDE PARATORE – 75960621388700331 — PUNISHER #2 DOOM HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY FABRIZIO DE TOMMASO – 75960621516400221 — UNCANNY X-MEN #25 DOOM HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY PETE WOODS – 75960620917002521 — MORE — OLD-SCHOOL COOL: Dig MARVEL’s...

Jan31

13 QUESTIONS That PAUL LEVITZ’s Upcoming MARVEL History Book Might Answer

Posted by Dan Greenfield on Jan 31, 2026

13 QUESTIONS That PAUL LEVITZ’s Upcoming MARVEL History Book Might Answer

Yes, Marvel! By IGO STUPPI Paul “Mr. DC” Levitz writing about Marvel??? Well, he’s played poker with them, written for them (Avengers: War Across Time), and has a few thousand of their comics on his shelves. You can get an outsider/insider’s perspective on a key part of their history this fall in Marvel Explodes: From Bullpen to Big Business, part of Bloomsbury’s Marvel Age of Comics line of books. And to tempt you, here are 13 questions the book might answer: — 1. Which Marvel character’s name was born in the pulps, years before Martin Goodman published his first comic? 2. Why did Stan Lee think “he wasn’t much of an editor”? 3. What was the first comic Marvel launched that starred a character from another comics company? 4. What TV hit was created by a Marvel staffer who never wrote for Marvel? 5. What was Chris Claremont’s first contribution to the X-Men? 6. What character did Marvel want to start its sword & sorcery line before Conan? 7. What Marvel title featured the first Marvel credits for Len Wein and Marv Wolfman? 8. How did Creepy and Eerie quietly acknowledge their EC Comics inspiration? 9. What was Martin Goodman’s coup that finally made Marvel the No. 1 publisher of American comics? 10. Who was the first credited woman writer at Marvel Comics? 11. Why was a credit in Super-Villain Team-Up #3 strangely predictive? 12. And who was Kevin Banks, maybe Marvel’s most mysterious contributor? 13. What earned Paul his No-Prize, now sealed in lucite on his shelf? — The book is scheduled for publication September 3. No cover has been released yet. — MORE — 13 Stories That Influenced My AVENGERS Debut, by PAUL LEVITZ. Click here. — PAUL LEVITZ Joins MARVEL for a Special AVENGERS Miniseries. Click...

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